U.S. Government Supports Phase 3 Study of Bavarian Nordic's Smallpox Vaccine

Source: Check Orphan

Bavarian Nordic A/S (NASDAQ OMX: BAVA) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has supported the initiation of an expanded Phase 3 study of IMVAMUNE(R) smallpox vaccine. The government is s ...
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Anti-inflammatory Drugs May Improve Survival From Severe Malaria

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A novel anti-inflammatory drug could help to improve survival in the most severe cases of malaria by preventing the immune system from causing irrevocable brain and tissue damage. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher ...
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Norilsk to Buy Vietnam Nickel Deposit Operator for $22 Mln

Source: RIA Novosti

Russia's largest nickel maker, Norilsk Nickel, plans to acquire Asian Mineral Resources (AMR) Limited, which is developing the Ban Phuc nickel deposit in Vietnam, for $22 million, the company said on Thursday. It will use a subsidiary to offer shareh ...
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Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation Radiothon Today

Source: Marjike: Nurse Turned Writer

As with most healthcare facilities, the MCH has a foundation that helps raise funds for the things that aren't provided for in the operating budget. These items range from state-of-the-art equipment to art ...
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Bullfrog Spas Wins 2012 Best of State Award

Source: PRWeb

Bullfrog Spas, manufacturer of quality portable hot tubs, was recently awarded the 2012 Best of State Award for the Pool and Spa category. This is the 9th time Bullfrog Spas has won the award since 2003. The Best o ...
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Strategy: Does it benefit your company go green?

Source: Globe and Mail

JON STOLLER Special to Globe and Mail Update Published Thursday, May. 24, 2012 5:00AM EDT Government-mandated environmental audits don’t come cheap. So when Staples Advantage, the B2B arm of the office supply giant, ...
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Groundbreaking career started at St. Paul's

Source: The Province Daily News

A senior Alberta Mountie guilty of a “disturbing pattern” of disgraceful sexual conduct should not be transferred to B.C., former top cop Kash Heed says. Heed, an MLA and former B.C. solicitor... No one to blame but themselves after stumbling effort in T ...
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Port Moody bans shark fins from city, challenges other locales to follow suit

Source: The Province Daily News

A senior Alberta Mountie guilty of a “disturbing pattern” of disgraceful sexual conduct should not be transferred to B.C., former top cop Kash Heed says. Heed, an MLA and former B.C. solicitor... No one to b ...
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'Impossible!' a famous doctor once said of open-heart surgery

Source: The Province Daily News

The history of cardiac innovation at St. Paul's Hospital begins, fittingly, with a story from the heart. Medicine today can work miracles, but for much of the 20th century there was one surgery thought impossible: operati ...
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